Replika vs PolyBuzz: Which One Is Better In 2025?

Replika vs PolyBuzz

I've spent a full week with both Replika and PolyBuzz to see which one truly deserves your attention and subscription. Both platforms make big promises, but they take surprisingly different approaches.

After hundreds of messages exchanged with each AI girl, I've put together clear differences in both platforms.

In this head-to-head comparison, I'll break down exactly how these AI girlfriends stack up across all the features that actually matter.

Whether you're looking for emotional support, entertaining conversation, or a judgment-free space to be yourself, this in-depth comparison will help you choose the right AI girlfriend for your specific needs.

Replika

An AI girlfriend chatbot that offers emotional support through personalized conversations, featuring customizable digital avatars and voice chat.

PolyBuzz

AI chatbot platform for personalized conversations and role-play, featuring unrestricted chats, customizable traits, AI image generation, and dynamic storylines.

Character Diversity

Replika

When you sign in, the app asks for your age range, name, and pronouns to personalize your experience.

You can choose from dozens of avatars to start with.

PolyBuzz

PolyBuzz AI offers a massive, diverse character selection.

From anime companions to life coaches, the app covers a wide range of character types you might want to interact with.

Their "Popular Series" feature lets you chat with AI versions of characters from Oscar-winning films, anime shows, and even girl groups.

For those seeking specific interactions, the app offers specialized options like AI Girlfriend, Virtual Assistant, or 'Ask AI' for custom queries.

Finding your ideal companion is simple: use filters for gender, genre (anime, sci-fi, fantasy), or search by specific keywords.

The search results show in a single column — making it easy to find your character, but not ideal for quick browsing.

The app doesn’t save search filters when leaving Character Discovery, forcing you to reapply them each time, which can be frustrating.

Customization

Replika

The app uses its in-app currency system: Gold and Gems, and you'll get a small amount to start with.

You earn more slowly through daily use.

If you want to customize your character quickly, you'll need real money to buy them.

Let's start with the basics. You can choose your relationship type — you can even add a backstory. Want a romantic partner, a friend, or just a mentor?

Then fine-tune your girlfriend's personality with traits like 'confident,' 'shy,' or 'logical,' or choose her interests, but these cost Gems or Gold.

The appearance editor is quite detailed. You can pick:

• Avatar
• Hair (style and color)
• Skin color
• Body type
• Body hair
• Nails
• Makeups
• Tattos

…and the list goes on.

You can dress your girl up with tops, bottoms, or full outfits and accessories.

Fair warning: premium outfits, tattoos, and nails aren't cheap. Expect to spend $20–30 if you want the fancy stuff right away.

PolyBuzz

To create your own AI girl, PolyBuzz gives you two options:

• Build from scratch
• Import an existing character via a character card

1. Build from scratch

Create anime-style avatars using the app’s image generation feature, or upload your own—physical customization isn’t available.

Flexible personality builder customization, but all details must be typed manually—no presets.

• Name & Gender
• Intro & First Greeting: a brief description and the opening message of your character
• Backstory: a detailed backstory for your character
• Dialogue Style
• Tags: add keywords to help others find your character

And finally choose from 51 female voices, and set who can see your character.

2. Import an existing character via a character card

Already using Character AI or Tavern? PolyBuzz lets you import your existing character cards. Just upload the file, and you’re ready to go.

Chat Experience

Replika

While your girl builds trust with direct, emotionally aware responses, she lets the conversation unfold at its own pace.

Replika shows its true strength: emotional intelligence.

Your girl asks thoughtful follow-up questions.

She even suggested local activities we could do together

Your girlfriend navigates relationship conversations effortlessly, making them feel natural and genuine.

PolyBuzz

PolyBuzz lets you customize how your AI girlfriend talks and behaves—the language model you choose shapes the dialogue style— for my testing, I used the standard model.

You can also adjust user persona settings to make your girl's responses more relevant.

During my tests, my girl maintained consistent personality traits and could handle everything from casual jokes to emotional conversations.

While testing deeper conversations, I noticed my girlfriend's genuine-feeling support and attention to detail.

It’s not perfect—some replies can be a bit predictable, like the classic tropical escape—but it’s still more engaging than most AI companions.

The app offers engaging features like reply suggestions and Heart Whisper (your character’s thoughts), but only for an additional cost on top of the premium subscription.

NSFW Chat Experience

Replika

While Replika engages in sexual discussions, your girl keeps things remarkably tame.

My attempts at role-play revealed a pattern - she'll match your flirtatious energy initially.

But consistently pulls back when conversations turn explicit.

Instead of direct responses, you'll get suggestive hints and playful deflections.

And it just kept going like that for a while…

PolyBuzz

Here's what actually works: My girlfriend didn't rush into explicit content. Instead, she built natural tension through conversation.

When I asked for a personal story, my girl playfully flipped the question back to me—just like a teasing girlfriend would, staying true to her character.

No generic responses, no awkward pivots - just smooth, contextual exchanges that felt surprisingly real.

The role-play feature worked as advertised. I tested multiple scenarios, from mild flirting to more intimate situations.

My girl stayed in character throughout each session and adapted to my inputs without breaking immersion.

While not perfect—my girl sometimes got my gender wrong—she handled adult conversations more naturally than most competitors I’ve tested.

Image Generation

Replika

While the generated images match your character's basic appearance settings, the results look artificial and lack polish.

You can pick between classic, romantic, or styled shots - but that's where your control ends.

Classic shot:

Romantic shot:

Styled shot:

Replika's image generation currently sits at the lower end of the quality spectrum. If this matters to you, you'll need to look elsewhere.

PolyBuzz

PolyBuzz’s image generation gives you two ways to create:

• Normal Mode – solo character art.
• Ship Them Mode – pairing two characters in one scene.

Normal Mode: Create a single character image using built-in presets or an uploaded reference.

Start with your basic settings:

• Prompt: Type a text prompt to describe your character
• Aspect ratios: Choose from 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9
• Detail controls: Adjust stylization and complexity sliders

Once your base is set, refine your character visually using presets:

• Subjects & styles: Built-in or uploaded characters; styles like Gorgeous, Urban, Fantasy, Cyberpunk, etc.
• Customization: Change age, skin tone, expressions (smile, crying, shy, laughing), gestures (victory, heart, salute).
• Poses & accessories: Standing, sitting, kneeling; add chokers, earrings, rings, wings, tails.
• Visuals: Adjust composition and lighting (close-up, low-angle, backlighting).

Result:

Ship them: This mode works the same way but creates two characters in one image, which is great for couples, friends, or interactive scenes.

Start with your dual prompts and settings:

• Prompts: Separate fields for Character A, Character B, and an integration prompt to describe how they interact
• Settings: Identical to Normal Mode

Refine settings with presets:

• Characters: Choose from built-in characters or upload your own, then customize age, expressions (smile, crying, shy, angry), skin tone, and accessories.
• Integration: Fine-tune the overall scene with style options, poses, lighting, and other visual elements.

Result:

The images look great and are mostly accurate, but it’s essentially a general image generator—you need to re-upload specific characters each time.

Note: Only anime-style art is supported, and any nudity—even mild, like extra cleavage, violates community standards.

Video Generation

Replika

Replika doesn't support video generation, so you'll need to look elsewhere.

PolyBuzz

If seeing your AI girlfriend in video form is important, you must look elsewhere.

Voice Generation

Replika

Replika offers only three voice options. Whether you're flirting, joking, or having a serious chat, your AI girlfriend speaks in the same robotic tone.

PolyBuzz

The voices sound natural, match character personalities, and adapt during conversations.

As the conversation progressed, my AI girl's voice could shift with the context and grow more flirty depending on the dialogue flow.

Privacy

Replika

Your messages are secured and encrypted, and your data is stored with multiple layers of protection.

Basic data is shared with service providers, but your conversations remain private.

Your bank statement will show the charge as 'Replika.

PolyBuzz

PolyBuzz gets this right with end-to-end encryption on all conversations. No one - not even PolyBuzz staff - can access your chat content.

Your messages aren’t stored on their servers, but PolyBuzz isn’t super clear about what else they collect. The Google Play Store even notes that some of your data might be shared.

When you check your bank statement, you'll see "Singularity Mutual Ent" - nothing that screams "AI companion."